Charles boeckh



(No Model.)

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No. 530,386. Patented Dec.4, 1894 A TTORNEYS.

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2 "UNITED ST T PATENT O FIC CHARLES BOEOKH, JR., OF TORONTO, CANADA.

BRIDLE FORPAINT-BRUSHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,386, dated December4, 1 894.

Application filed May 8, 1894:- Serial no. 510,503. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES BOEOKH,=J1'., of Toronto, in the county ofYork, Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Bridles for Paint-Brushes, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates toan improvement in bridles for paint brushes, andespecially to an improvement upon the patent granted to me April 5,1892, No. 472,425, and the object of the invention is to provide a meanswhereby the bridle may be attached to the brush without lacing, orequivalent fastening, and whereby also the fastening device or devicesemployed will be located at the-upper portion of the bridle, enablingthe user of the brush to cut the bridle at the bottom withoutinterfering with the fastening devices or meeting with any obstruction,thereby enabling a brush to be worn advantageously for a maximum amountof time, the brush being capable of eifective use even when it isexceedingly short.

A further object of the invention is to so construct and apply thebridle that the brush will wear to a feather or beveled edge evenlythroughout its length.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a brush having the improved bridleapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the brush, a portion ofthe head being broken away to illustrate one means of attaching thebridle to the brush, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bridle flattenedout. h

In carrying out the invention the head A of the brush is provided atopposite sides with studs 10, which are preferably made to extend at anangle outwardly from the brush, preferably at a right angle. These studsmay be of any approved construction, or an equivalent of the studs maybe employed. In the drawings the studs are illustrated as attached.

of plates 11, and instead of two plates being used the two studs may beattached to one plate, which shall surround or partially surround thebristles B of the brush where they connect with the head. The studs orholders need not extend down beyond the lower edge of the head A.

The bridle O is constructed of a fabric, leather, rubber, or anequivalent material, the preferred material being of a flexiblecharacter. The bridle when flattened out is preferably given the shapeshown in Fig. 3, in which one end is somewhat rounded off, but the endsof the bridle may be given any shape that fancy may dictate.

The bridle is provided at its upper edge with an aperture 12 near one ofits ends,

which aperture is usually eyeleted, as illustrated in the drawings, andthe eyeleted aperture is adapted to receive one of the studs 10.

A second and preferably similar aperture 13 is producedin the bridlebetween its ends, and at a point which will enable the said inneraperture 13 to receive the opposite or second stud 10 of the brush head,and in this manner the major portion of the bridle is detachably securedupon the brush. The opposite end of the bridle to that carrying theaperture 12, is adapted to overlap that end which is attached to thebrush through the medium of the stud, and therefore the bridle isprovided with a third aperture 14 also preferably eyeleted, which isintended to receive thestud 10 which has been passed through theaperture 12.

It is obvious that other devices may be used instead of the eyelets todetachably secure the bridle to thehead-of the'brush, as for example,books or loops may be employed; but the apertures with eyelets arepreferred, being much simpler and neater than other means.

Any approved means may be employed for securing the overlapping end ofthe bridle upon the body thereof, and the overlapping end may be made toextend over the body as far as in practice may be found desirable.Ordinarily, however, the said overlapping end is provided with aneyeleted aperture 15, adapted to receive a rSiJlld 16, secured upon thebody of the bridle, it being understood to the head of the brush throughthe medium that the stud 16, when employed, and all of the eyel'etedapertures above referred to, are located at the upper edge of thebridle, whereby the lower edge is left perfectly free, and the saidlower edge may be cut away therefore, so as to reduce the width of thebridle, as occasion may demandthat is to say, as the bristles of thebrush wear away by use, the bridle may be reduced in width so as toobtain a proper pliable length for the bristles.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination with a brush provided withfastening devices around it at or near the lower edge of its head, of abridle formed of a flat strip encircling the brush below its head andprovided with fastening devices at its upper edge to detachably engagethose on the brush, the lower portion of the bridle being free fromfastenings or projections to permit of its being cut away and narrowedas the bristles wear, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the brush having studs around it at or near thelower edge of its head, of abridle formed of a flexible stripr CHARLESlBQECKH, R.

Witnesses:

ANNIE M. BATTERS, H. BRIANT FULLER.

